blimp out

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blimp out (third-person singular simple present blimps out, present participle blimping out, simple past and past participle blimped out)

1. (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.

   Synonyms: blimp up, pork out

   • 1994 January 25, Erma Bombeck, “Being in front of the camera provides motivation to diet”, in Kingman Daily Miner, USA, retrieved 2 April 2009, page 5:

     I'd get my weight down for the event, then blimp out to where I couldn't fit into Orson Welles' cape.

   • 2008 July 8, Adam Brophy, “Treating the kids to a tasty dish of . . . er, nuggets and chips”, in IrishTimes.com, retrieved 2 April 2009:

     Now that I am exercising regularly, I can pig out without blimping out.